Interview – Jan Lüdert
Jan Lüdert discusses normative practices of appropriateness, challenges to state sovereignty, decision-making in the United Nations, and pedagogies in international relations.
Opinion — Less Money, More Sustainability? Foreign Aid, Civil Society, and COVID-19
COVID-driven contractions in foreign and government funding for civil society organisations need not undermine the health of the civil society sector.
Opinion – The Unintended Consequences of Foreign Aid Bypass
How does bypassed aid change the domestic political and economic context? For the moment, what we do not know is far greater than what we do know.
International NGOs: Legitimacy, Mandates and Strategic Innovation
Profound changes in how INGOs frame their actions have fundamentally shifted perceptions of their legitimacy. For critics, they no longer do what their original purpose was.
Protecting the Protectors: Strengthening the Security of NGOs in Conflict Zones
Although attacks are reported and denounced, the insecurity which is confronted by NGOs in conflict zones remains an under-researched issue.
NGOs and States in Global Politics: A Brief Review
The NGO research community should resist attempts by the still-state-centric International Relations subfield to caricature the complex dynamics of NGO-state relations.
